The issues lawmakers left on the table

This has been the first legislature in which Republicans controlled both the House and Senate since the late 1800s. And while the two groups of GOP lawmakers have been able to push through an aggressive agenda, they are leaving some items unfinished. 

Among the items that appear likely to be left undone:

"There are a lot of legitimate questions raised about it. And as part of tax reform next year, I suspect that's something that we will look at at that time, but I don't see any of that moving for the remainder of this session," House Speaker Thom Tillis said.

While there has been some support for taxing and legalizing sweepstakes in the House, Senate Republicans do not support such a move.

Paul Meyer with the League of municipalities says that decision should be left up to local officials. He says many greenways connect playgrounds and athletic parks where guns are banned.

"We also had private property owners where we had easements for these greenways and those folks don't want to have guns on what is essentially their property," Meyer said. 

"The thought being that 44549 having some level of verification that someone is who they say they are is better than having none. 45:56 Frankly, we just weren't able to strike a balance," Elections Committee Chairman David Lewis.

The House could still try to override the veto on voter ID. Even if that happens, the measure would still be subject to approval by the U.S. Justice Department, which would delay the new rules from taking effect until after this Fall's election.

Public school advocates opposed the measure, saying it would siphon tax dollars away from public schools. Stam insisted the measure would benefit the public schools because it would take some harder-to-teach students out of public classrooms. And Rep. Marcus Brandon, D-High Point, said the measure would help students, particularly in minority communities. 

However, the measure failed a committee vote Thursday morning. Although Stam initially said he could use an little use parliamentary procedure to move the bill forward, it was unclear if he would do that Thursday evening.